Easy Brown Sugar Lip Scrub. Mix together 1/4 teaspoon olive oil and 1/8 teaspoon brown sugar in a glass container or bowl. Apply to lips, gently rubbing in a circular motion. Rinse off excess with water. The brown sugar will rinse off leaving a small amount of the olive oil behind, which adds moisture and a little shine to your lips.

38 Must Have Kitchen Items for Any Survivalist / Regardless of how many #10 cans of “just-add-water-ready-to-eat” stuff you have, at some point you’re going to have to learn to use a kitchen in much the same way as your granny, or your great-granny, did. So we’ve put together this list of 38 essential kitchen items for any prepper.

Granny Kitchen tools and how to use them!! 38 Must Have Kitchen Items for Any Survivalist / Regardless of how many #10 cans of “just-add-water-ready-to-eat” stuff you have, at some point you’re going to have to learn to use a kitchen in much the same way as your granny, or your great-granny, did. So we’ve put together this list of 38 essential kitchen items for any prepper.

The Homestead Survival: Must Have Kitchen Items for Any Survivalist

Prepper Food Storage - 38 Must Have Kitchen Items for Any Survivalist / Regardless of how many #10 cans of “just-add-water-ready-to-eat” stuff you have, at some point you’re going to have to learn to use a kitchen in much the same way as your granny, or your great-granny, did. So we’ve put together this list of 38 essential kitchen items for any prepper.

Even with an abundance of stored water, could you cope without RUNNING water? These tips are based on my experience going 12 days without running water. Signal

Every prepper worth their salt stores water and lots of it. Not only that, they store one, two, three or more ways to purify water. That is all well and good because you never know when a disaster or other disruptive event may occur and those water resources will be called upon for drinking, cleaning, hygiene, and sanitation purposes. Recently, my number came up and I was the one without water during a short term, personal water apocalypse. Now really, that may be a bit dramatic because ...

Deodorant with 3 simple ingredients. I made this and will NEVER use store bought deodorant again - ever. Works better than anything I have tried. And you don't smell like a coconut all day - not that I would mind. Thinking of adding cloves for a man's deodorant. Not that a dude couldn't use this one.

Deodorant with 3 simple ingredients. I made this and will NEVER use store bought deodorant again - ever. Works better than anything I have tried. And you don't smell like a coconut all day - not that I would mind. Thinking of adding cloves for a man's deodorant. 3 ingredients - coconut oil, baking soda and cornstarch.

Powerless Cooking - Food Storage Made Easy

Powerless Cooking Online Class

First of many videos in a free online class with videos and handouts explaining powerless cooking options you can buy or make yourself. For full class go here: http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net/emergency-preparedness/powerless-cooking/

13 Pioneer Skills You May Need - some like black smithing are a stretch for the average person but most are reasonable. While the blogger is referring to her Mormon pioneer heritage, these were all once common skills I suspect.

Are you prepared for a real disaster? Here's a plan. For your survival kit, use a portable container such as a large, covered trash receptacle. If you store your liquids at the bottom of your container, you’ll reduce the chance of damage from leaking plastic bottles. Put food, first aid kit & clothes on top. Easy to grab & go if needed... the trash can is a good idea for storage!

Are you prepared for a real disaster? If you store your liquids at the bottom of your container, you’ll reduce the chance of damage from leaking plastic bottles. Put food, first aid kit & clothes on top. Easy to grab & go if needed. Check out my emergency preparedness book at URL http://www.amazon.com/How-Prepare-Disaster-Keeping-Family-ebook/dp/B00H40TPZU/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1406400649&sr=1-1&keywords=Jeannie+Larson

There are so many ideas for emergency kits that I could write a book about it! <– Now that was funny because I blog...

What can you do with your junkmail to help your compost pile and the environment?

Shredded paper for compost! Inside the house, the shredder is the equivalent to the compost bin outdoors, based on how much it is put to work.Shred everything! Junk mail, schoolwork, bills or anything else printed, will always be an endless source of compostable material from inside the house. Besides reducing unwanted paper to confetti, create a wonderful carbon-rich addition for the compost pile and ultimately the best soil amendment in the world!

Project stuff

How to Build a Rocket Stove: 6 Plans (Great idea for the back yard)

Biomass rocket stoves are a highly efficient way to make a fire that’s perfect for cooking a meal. They are easy and inexpensive to build and vary in terms of size, material, and portability. You can build one kind for outdoor home cooking, another for camping or hiking, another for emergency preparation, and another for …

15 Secrets to Dutch Oven Cooking by DesignMom

15 Secrets to Dutch Oven Cooking.... whether you have an oven or not... this is a good thing to know and have handy access to... you never know what circumstances you are going to run into to... so having this could change something unpleasant to something pleasant and manageable... even in the city this would be a good thing to have in a survival kit...perhaps we will take our dutch oven on our next camping trip

15 Secrets to Dutch Oven Cooking Dutch oven cooking is not just for outdoor cooking while camping, it can be used even in your oven. Cast iron cookware conducts heat beautifully, can cook with less oil in a well seasoned pan, chemical free alternative to nonstick pans and fortifies your food with iron.